Rapper Plan B looks dramatically different as he shows off weight loss at comeback gig in London

The 33-year-old is back after five years and is looking better than ever

By Fay Strang

25th July 2017, 10:36 am

Updated: 26th July 2017, 12:21 pm

RAPPER Plan B looked like a very different man as he appeared on stage in London last night.

The 33-year-old – real name Ben Drew- showed off his dramatic weight loss while performing at Shakespeare’s Globe to mark his music comeback.

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Plan B looked a shadow of his former self on stage last night

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The rapper has lost a lot of weight since he was first on the scene

The rapper and singer’s weight has fluctuated over the years but he currently appears to be slimmer than ever.

Dressed in a grey suit, the star wore a five piece belt that made his waist look smaller than ever.

Ben, whose hair is now grey, also opted for white facepaint around his chin, which created a slimming effect.

It’s not the first time Ben has lost a significant amount of weight - back in 2010 he shed the pounds while working on his acting career.

And he revealed that Ray Winstone had spurred on his decision to get in shape after they worked together on The Sweeny.

He told The Sun: “Ray came into the studio and we were talking about my character and how someone as young as me has got the part.

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Plan B - real name Ben - is back after five years away

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He looked in great shape in his grey suit

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His face is in stark contrast to how he looked previously

“We were saying how I've got to be a man in his early thirties, super-smart, excels in exams, brilliant at sports and Ray looked me up and down and goes, 'Are you sure you're going to get yourself in good enough shape?' I thought right then and there, 'I'm going to do it'. That's the extra incentive I needed. I thought, ‘I'll f***ing show you, pal’.”

He added: “I'm just eating salad, steaks and fish now. I'm eating a lot of prawns. I love prawns. I've even been eating the prawns that have been in the fridge for a few days, it goes through you quicker, you know. That helps weight loss.”

Plan B has recently returned to the music scene following a five year break.

Since he was in the limelight he has become a dad – his daughter is now five years old and a track on his new album is dedicated to her.

Speaking about his break, he told the Standard: “I hadn’t been experiencing real life. I’d been working and being a celebrity. If I’d made another album straight away, it could only have been about making an album and writing a film because that’s all I’d been doing.

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“I needed to get some life experience under my belt, and just as I was ready to do that, my girlfriend fell pregnant. Before too long, I understood that the focus I’d asked the universe to give me, it had given me.

“I wasn’t happy — OK, I had money, I was going to parties, but I was quite empty inside. I was saying, ‘I need to reconnect with my spirituality, I need to get some life experience, help me God’. OK, bang! My daughter was born.”